Food+&+dining

=Ideas for teaching food and dining:=


 * 1. Virtual meal:** Students visit webpages of restaurants/cafes in target culture. They are given a set amount of money with which to "purchase" a meal. They record the name of the restaurant, its location, the meal components purchased and their prices.


 * 2. 3D meal:** Students create a 3-dimensional meal using grocery store meat trays and disposable plates, cups, etc. Foods on the plate can be plastic toy versions or can be created by students from arts and crafts materials. Items are labeled in the target language and an oral or written description of the meal is created by the student.


 * 3. Favorite foods corners activity:** Students are asked to move to various locations in the classroom (can be labeled with signs) indicating their favorite foods/drinks. Once in the favorite groups, students are asked to discuss their preferences with their group members. A variation of this activity is a favorite foods survey of classmates.


 * 4. What food am I?:** A game done in a "twenty questions" format where a student chooses a food and the class asks yes or no questions to determine the correct food.


 * 5. Food Journal:** Students keep a journal of the food they eat in the target language for a predetermined period of time. They can also be asked to comment on the foods as to their taste, healthiness, etc.


 * 6. Cooking show:** Students demonstrate how to make a dish in the target language. Great practice of food vocabulary and command forms.


 * 7. What's in your refrigerator?:** Students are given a graphic organizer consisting of two pages that looks like a refrigerator. One layer has the doors that are cut so that they "open". The bottom page has the outline of what the inside of the refrigerator looks like. Students draw in items and label them in the target language.